tyranitar42
Jungle Patrol
In one of its' mighty claws, the Earth rumbles and mountains crumble
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Post by tyranitar42 on Jul 21, 2008 15:44:59 GMT -8
This hit and miss compilation is supposed to be a bridge between Batman Begins and dark Knight. It has about 6 shorts, all done by various anime animators, written by the guys at WB, and for consistency, kevin conroy reprises his roll as the voice of the Batman in all the shorts. The first, told from the differing views of batman from a group of kids perspective. Reminds me alot of that Kurosowa film! This is my favorite one.
Other shorts of note would be batman versus the scarecrow and Killer Croc, and to finish it off, The very last ep. Has Bats facing off against the killer for hire Deadpool.
I would suggest watching this. it was a very fun 80 min.
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Post by Torgaman on Jul 22, 2008 11:34:18 GMT -8
The idea of kids telling tales of Batman from different perspectives was also done in the Kevin Conroy series.In that ep three kids sneak into a theater believing that they will see Batman there,who is currently trying to catch Firebug.One kid tells a Batman story reminiscent of the fifties with overly large props and the Joker making bad puns,with the artwork mimmicking the Dick Sprangue style of artwork.Another kid tells a tale reminiscent of Frank Miller's DARK KNIGHT with an overly buffed up Batman.Unfortunately for the kids Firebug has targeted the theater for another of his crimes.Luckily Batman arrives to put the kibosh on Firebug and save the kids.
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tyranitar42
Jungle Patrol
In one of its' mighty claws, the Earth rumbles and mountains crumble
Posts: 35
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Post by tyranitar42 on Jul 22, 2008 13:03:42 GMT -8
Yes, that is very similar. I missed that one. This short had 4 or 5 kids, on sees batman as some supernatural creature, poppong in and out of shadows, another sees him as a mecha, and another as a man bat creature with a penchant for decapatation!! Gotta love kids!. Anyway, I thought the best was the final kid, because he really saves batmans' hide, in front of all the other kids. I won't spoil it here, you just have to watch it...very funny and cool.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 23, 2008 22:30:51 GMT -8
there's a great line where one of the kids (not the main three) tells them he saw Batman drive the car up the side of a building, and one kids says "oh, sure Joel..."
which was really funny.
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Post by RedKing on Aug 26, 2008 5:02:20 GMT -8
I didn't like this very much. The anime styles really didn't fit Batman at all and the stories really weren't that interesting. The first one with the kids was probably the best written one, but it was a complete rip-off of that Animated Series episode. The last short had the best character designs, at least the ones closest to recognizable versions of the characters! Anyone who disliked the sort of anime style of the recently ended Batman animated series should see this to see how badly real anime style is on Bats!! I also love that episode of the Kevin Conroy series especially the swipe at Joel Schumacher! The also had different voice actors to fit the various styles-Gary Owens does the 50s Batman voice and fits him perfectly!
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